Problems in European Civilization: Napoleon: Historical Enigma

Softcover without dust jacket. Off-white cover with green and black lettering and design. Rubbing noted to cover with some discolorations to spine. Old price sticker to front cover. Pages yellowing with age but very clean and readable. Part of the Probems in European Civilization Series. This volume concentrates on four much debated questions in the historiography of Napoleon. First, is he properly regarded as the defender and consolidator of the Revolution or did he destry it? Second, was he an aggressor whose ambition for territory knew virtually no bounds or was he the guardian of his country's national frontiers, forced by the jealousy and the interference of rival powers into wars beyond the limits he would choose for France? Third, was Napoleon a military genius, one of the great commanders of all time, or only an unusually successful revolutionary general who managed to eliminate his rivals? Finally, was he a man of the past, the last of the Enlightened Despots, or the harbinger of a new type of political leader, the first of the modern dictators.…